The Trinitarians, officially titled, the Order of the Most Holy Trinity, were founded in 1998 by St. John DeMatha. Aware of the political and religious turmoil of his time, he desired to formulate the most effective and engaging response possible to aid those Christians held captive for the faith. During the celebration of his First Mass, he had a vision of Christ seated on a throne with a Christian to his right and a non-believer to his left. The posture of each figure depicted the act of exchanging one for another. This vision led him to found the Order of the Most Holy Trinity and Captives. From the very outset of the Order, the brothers and priests would collect money, sail to North Africa, and negotiate the ransom of the Christians held captive because of their faith in Christ. In the most extreme cases the Trinitarians would exchange their own freedom for the liberation of another Christian. Today, the Trinitarians continue this work of expressing Christ's redeeming and liberating love in their ministries. The Trinitarians work in parishes, hospitals, high schools and seminaries, prisons, and other areas of specialized ministry. Currently, the Trinitarians work with Sudanese refugees in Cairo Egypt who have fled their homeland because of religious persecution. In each of these apostolates the brothers work to free the person from various forms of enslavement or addiction. Bringing Christ's redemption and liberation helps the person to realize their interior goodness and strive towards the realization of their Christian vocation.
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